Kieran POV:
The best part about growing up alongside Caelan is that I don’t have to guess what he’ll do when the world starts getting clever.
I’ve watched other Alphas rehearse speeches and overplay their dominance until everyone in the room is either impressed or exhausted, and I’ve watched councils lean into that weakness, because loud wolves are easy to steer. Caelan has never been loud, he has never needed to be. The most dangerous thing about him isn’t the fact that he can win a fight, it’s that he can win one without making it look like a fight ever happened at all.
That’s why the Council’s pressure tactics make me almost… entertained.
Not because it’s funny, not really. Because it’s predictable, and because the Council is too used to dealing with wolves who react, bluster and be
